Source: WIN MCNAMEE / Getty Donald Trump stood in front of a joint session of Congress Tuesday night and delivered what wasn’t so much a State of the Union address as it was a political stump speech full of the same lies and contradictions he told on the campaign trail and has continued to spout in his first 43 days in office. Trump spoke for 1 hour and 39 minutes […]
Source: Twitter / Twitter The moment President Donald Trump was sworn into office for his second term and made one of his first orders of business to pardon or commute the sentences of more than 1500 Jan. 6 Capitol rioters, we just knew it was only a matter of time before not-remotely-closeted white nationalists started calling for him to pardon George Floyd‘s convicted murderer. On Tuesday, WAPless boy blunder Ben Shapiro […]
Source: Chip Somodevilla / Getty Elon Musk’s quasi-government initiative, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has sparked significant controversy for its influence on government policies, particularly through its “workforce optimization initiative,” signed by President Trump on Feb. 11. As previously reported, the polarizing initiative led to the buyouts of approximately 75,000 federal employees, followed by widespread layoffs across agencies such as the Department of Education, the Department of Labor, and […]
Source: Anna Moneymaker / Getty As of midnight Tuesday, President Trump began charging tariffs on goods imported into the United States. That’s right, the president of people that wear really dirty Air Force 1s couldn’t just sit there and fake read his Highlights magazine. Nope, he’s decided to go out and start a trade war with neighboring countries while allowing the shadow president, Elon Musk, to gut the federal government […]
Foreign goods wait to be unloaded at the Port of Los Angeles. AP Photo/Nick Ut The world is lurching ever closer to a full-blown trade war as the U.S., China, Europe, Canada, and Mexico talk tariffs and retaliation. President Donald Trump made the initial salvo back in March, when he placed duties on steel and aluminum. These actions have prompted significant concern and discussion about the wisdom of this action. […]
Source: The Washington Post / Getty Black Lives Matter Plaza, a symbolic site in Washington, D.C., is set for a name change following proposed legislation by Republican Representative Andrew Clyde of Georgia. A spokesperson for D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser confirmed the decision, though no exact timeline for the renaming has been announced. The current plan is to replace the plaza’s iconic mural, originally dedicated to the Black Lives Matter movement, […]
New Details Emerge About the Death of Southern University Student Caleb Wilson: An Alleged Hazing Incident New revelations have surfaced surrounding the tragic death of Southern University student Caleb Wilson, shedding light on the circumstances of his passing. Sources close to the investigation told the WAFB I-Team that the initial account given to police — […]
US President Donald Trump has suspended military aid to Ukraine in an effort to pressure Kyiv to agree to peace negotiations with Russia. The move follows a public clash between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Trump warned that he will not tolerate Zelensky’s defiance much longer and said that Ukraine’s leader should be “more […]
The anniversary of Rodney King's beating drew attention to how the culture of police brutality in Los Angeles, in particular, has seemingly gone unchecked since the horrific video went viral in 1991.
